Curling-iron



(No Model.) 7 R. C. BOOKSER.

GURLING IRON;

No.501, 646. Patentedanl ls,893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH O. BOOKSER, OF BUFFALO, NEWV YORK. 4

CURLlNG-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,646, dated July 18, 1893.

Application filed September 29, 1892. Serial No. 447,213. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH O. BOOKSER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curling-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a curling iron in which the mandrel is capable of turning in the handle, so that the handle may be firmly held in the hand and the mandrel rotated in curling the hair.

The object of my invention is to produce a convenient curling iron of this kind, which can be cheaply manufactured.

In the accompanying draWings:Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved curling iron. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation. thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross section in line 33, Fig. 2,0n an enlarged scale.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures. I

A represents the rotary mandrel, B the handle which is preferably constructed of wood, and O the clasp carried by the mandrel and having the customary spring 61 for closing it is preferably constructed of wood or any other.

non-conductor of heat, to avoid burning of the fingers, and may be milled or otherwise roughened to afford a firm grip. The sleeve or tube G is formed at its outer portion with a contracted cylindrical neck 9 which snugly surrounds the adjacent portion of the mandrel, while its inner portion is flared or enlarged, and receives a cylindrical stem 'or shank 11 formed on the button I. This shank is confined in the enlarged end of the sleeve and held from turning in the same, by teats or spurs formed in the bore of the sleeve, and These spurs penetrating the wooden button.

are readily formed by punching indentations into the outer side of the sleeve, so as to raise the metal on the inner side thereof, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The shank of the button does not entirely fill the lower port-ion of the sleeve-bore, but extends into it only a sufficient distance to secure the button to the sleeve. An air space or chamberj is thus left within the sleeve which prevents overheating of the same.

The clasp (l is provided on opposite sides with ears k which embrace the contracted neck of the sleeve G, and are formed with pivot holes through which the end portions of the pin or rivet it pass, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. This pin preferably passes also through a transverse opening or notch Z formed in the inner'portion of the spindle, so as to securely'hold the latter in the socket of the mandrel. The pin it thus acts not only as a pivot for theclasp, but serves the additional function of securing the sleeve and the spindle to the mandrel, thus materially simplifyingthe construction of the curling iron, and correspondingly reducing the cost of manufacture.

The handle is confined upon the spindle between the button I and a Washer m applied to the outer end of the spindle, and held thereon by a rivet formed at the end of the spindle, as shown. Ascrew nut could obviously be used in place of the rivet.

In using the curling iron the handle is firmly grasped, the hair is clasped against the mandrel, and the latter with its clasp is then turned in the handle by means of the button I, which is seized with the thumb and fore-finger of the same hand in which the iron is held. The hair is thus wound upon the heated mandrel by simply turning the button, without requiring the handle to be turned in the hand, or thewrist to be twisted, rendering the curling operation more convenient.

The construction of the heating iron and the spindle in separate parts enables the same sized spindle to be used in connection with different sized mandrels, whereby the manufacture of the curling irons in various sizes is greatly simplified.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a curling iron, the combination with the handle, of a mandrel capable of turning on the handle, and an actuating knob or butan air chamber, and a button for turning the ton rigidly connected to the mandrel adjacent to the inner portion of the handle, substantially as set forth.

2. In a curling iron, the combination with the handle and a spindle turning th-erein,of' a mandrel secured to said spindle, and an actuating knob or button rigidly secured to said mandrel between the latter and the handle,

substantially as set forth.

3. In a curling iron, the combination with the handle and the spindle turning therein,

of a mandrel, a sleeve secured to the inner the handle and thespindl'e turning therein of a'mandr'el having a clasp, 'a sleeve having a contracted outer portion secured to the man drel, and an enlarged inner portion forming is at the same time pivoted to thesleeve, and

a button for turning the mandrel, secured to the sleeve adjacent to the handle, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 24th day of September, 1892. a p

, RUDOLPH C. BOOKSER. Witnesses:

CARL F. GEYER, THEO. L. POPP. 

